Romain Maire

Nikolas Stott

Julien Tanneau

Maths Physics

History of Science

Astronomy

Hard to find, and often expensive

Difficult to use

Depends on a particular latitude, fixed number of stars.

Our solution : a digital astrolabe.

User oriented learning

Four chronological quests: ◦ Greek quest: handling the astrolabe

◦ Arab quest: travel, predictions

◦ Renaissance: astronomy concepts, navigation

◦ Nowadays: using the digital astrolabe for more complex problems

Quest: Greek Quest ◦ Mission 1 title

Objective 1: instructions o Help from the astronomer

o Validation when astrolabe in right set up

o Scientific or historical explanation

Objective 2

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◦ Mission 2

During the quests : storyline

Sandbox: do as it pleases you

Challenges: random, timed problems

Larger public touched by the app

Handling the astrolabe and learning sciences at the same time

Designed for amateurs, but suitable for any public